Stream Crossings I: Engineering and Design Approaches to

University of Massachusetts AmherstScholarWorks@UMass AmherstInternational Conference on Engineering andEcohydrology for Fish Passage

International Conference on Engineering andEcohydrology for Fish Passage 2016

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Stream Crossings I: Engineering and DesignApproaches to Provide Fish Passage at CulvertSlipline Projects in ConnecticutBrian D. MurphyConnecticut DEEP

Stephen R. GephardConnecticut DEEP

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Connecticut DEEPInland Fisheries Division

Engineering and Design Approaches to Provide Fish Passage at Culvert Slipline Projects in Connecticut

Brian D. Murphy and Stephen R. Gephard

email: brian.murphy@.ct.gov

Culvert SlipliningDefinition: Smaller culvert or sleeve is installed or slipped within an existing culvert barrel and stabilized.

Advantages: • Does not require any excavation of existing culverts or roadway fill.• No disruption to traffic.• Cheap, cost effective and reduces overall construction time period.

Disadvantages: • Several Potential Obstacles to Upstream Fish Passage

Perched culverts at outletShallow water depth Increased water velocitiesCulvert length/slopeSmaller diameter collects debris

Three Examples of Culvert Slipline Projects and approaches to provide upstream fish passage

Tributary Lyman Brook, MarlboroughOutlet pool/weir fishway and culvert baffles

Tributary Hubbard Brook, MiddletownPreFab Concrete Fishway and culvert baffles

Great Brook, ChesterConcrete Inlet Weirs and Outlet Rock Weirs

Tributary to Lyman Brook

Second-Order Tributary StreamWatershed size : 0.94 mi2

Stream grade: Above 6.5% Below: 2 %Stream Length Above Xing: 0.96 miles

Fish communityNative brook trout/blacknose dace

Potpourri of Fish Passage Issues!Twin 6 ft. dia. corrugated metal: 262 ft. length at 4.5% slope

Outlet: Barrier due to drop/perch of 1.5 ft. in height.

Inlet: Prone to clogging with woody debris.

Various within culvert issues: Seasonal excessive water velocities, shallow water, lack roughness & velocity refugia.

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Brook Trout Population Numbers by Age Class : Below and Above Route 2 Culvert - 100 m sample

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Population Data Confirms Fish Passage Issues!

Fish Passage Design FeaturesTarget Species Native Brook Trout

Literature Review and FishXing Software

Prolonged Swim Speed: 1. 3 ft/sec

Burst Swim Speed: 3.1 ft/sec.

Minimum water depth: 0.5 ft.

6 pools/weirs at 4 inch drop per pool Three inch backwater into culvert Weirs notched (2 x 1 ft.) with weirboard slots

Design Feature: Outlet Cast-in-Place Pool/Weir Fishway

Diversion wall at west culvert Boulder grade control holding pool below fishway

Design Feature: Culvert Corner Baffle System

1.0 ft.0.5 ft.

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Inlet Trash Rack and Diversion Wall

Diversion wall: average daily flows directed into baffled culvert. Flood flows conveyed into both culverts.

Hybrid Deflect and Collect Trash Rack to Minimize Debris & Maintenance in Baffled Culvert

Fish Passage Hydraulic Analysis (HEC RAS)

Baffle

Concrete weir

Summary Fish Passage Hydraulic Analysis by Bioperiod

BIOPERIODS

Hydraulic Conditions Habitat Forming

(March-AprilQ50)

4.0 CFS

Resident Spawning

(June Q75)

0.4 CFS

Rearing & Growth

(July-OctoberQ75)

0.1 CFS

Salmonid Spawning

(NovemberQ75)

0.5 CFS

Between Culvert Baffles

Mean Depth (ft.)

Mean Velocity (ft./s)

1.2

1.1

0.7

0.3

0.5

0.1

0.7

0.3

Over Culvert Baffles

Mean (Max.) Depth (ft.)

Mean Velocity (ft,/s)

0.5 (0.8)

1.8

0.2 (0.3)

1.0

0.1 (0.2)

0.8

0.2 (0.4)

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Over Fishway Weir Notch

Mean (Max.) Depth (ft.)

Mean Velocity (ft./s)

0.8(0.8)

2.4

0.2 (0.2)

1.1

0.1 (0.1)

0.7

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Upstream Channel

Mean Depth (ft.)

Mean Velocity (ft/s)

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Fish Passage Demonstration Site

• Evaluate fish passage performance using passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag monitoring (2016-2018).

• Inland Fisheries Staff conduct study.– Equipment funded by CTDOT

• Utilize study findings to facilitate fish passage design for future culvert sliplining or culvert modification projects.

Tributary to Hubbard Brook

• Second-Order Tributary Stream• Watershed size : 0.3 mi2• Stream grade: Above 4.5% / Below: 8 %• Stream Length Above Xing: 1.4 miles

Culvert XING

Fish communityNative brook trout/American eel

Fish Passage Barrier

Outlet Drop = 3.1 ft.Originally flagged as Mitigation Site

Single 5.5 x 8 ft. Corrugated Metal Arch Culvert / 165 ft. length at 4.0% slope

Fish Passage Barrier

Design Feature: PreFabricated Concrete Fishway14 units/0.5 ft drop

Installation of PreFab Units

Grade preparation

Rubber gasket & anchors ensure watertight seal between units

StairstepFooters

OUTLET

Fishway Metrics Total length : 67 ft. 14 pools/weirs at 0.5 ft. elevation drop per pool V-Notch Weir (1 ft. x 0.5 ft.) Backwater depth into culvert : 0.25 ft. Boulder grade control holding pool below

fishway

Design Feature: PreFabricated Concrete Fishway

Design Feature : V-Notch Culvert Baffle System

Total baffles = 15

10 ft.1 ft.

0.5 ft.1 ft.

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Fish Passage Hydraulic Analysis (HEC RAS)

Summary Fish Passage Hydraulic AnalysisTarget Species Native Brook Trout

Culvert XING

Great Brook

• Third-Order Tributary Stream• Watershed size : 3.2 mi2• Stream Length Above Xing: 0.4 miles

Fish Passage Barriers

Inlet concrete weir 2 ft. in heightforming 0.7 acre pond/wetlands

Cascade perched outletSeasonal barrier

Fish community:fallfish/white sucker

Single 11 ft. Corrugated Metal Culvert / 144 ft. length at 0.5 % slopeRetrofit with concrete liner (6 inch thick along corrosion line)

Design Feature: Inlet weirs passage into pond

Design Feature: Three boulder weirs/pools at outlet

Plan View

0.5 ft. drop between weirs

Project Fish Passage Features

Estimated Cost

Tributary Lyman Brook Outlet cast in place pool/weir fishway and culvert baffles

$245,000

Tributary Hubbard Brook

PreFab Concrete Fishway and culvert baffles

$264,000

Great Brook Inlet Weirs and Outlet Rock Weirs

$10,000

Project Construction Costs

Conclusions/Future Efforts Site specific fish passage designs required.

Designs not passable for all stream species; bias towards strong swimming species.

PIT tag evaluation will help guide the development and design of fish passage features at future sliplining projects.

If culvert modifications cannot successfully pass fish, future sliplining projects may be “red-flagged” as not being able to provide fish passage, subsequently requiring offsite mitigation.

AcknowledgementsThanks to Connecticut Department of Transportation Staff!

• Kevin Carifa• Kurt Schmidt• Amanda Saul• Salvatore Aresco• Byong Kim• Won Song• Matthew Collins• Christine Tedford• Robert Beauchesne• John Dunn• Joseph Whewell• David Steben• Sabrina Pace• Paul Dickey